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J. 0. BARCLAY. PEEFORATING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED OCT 13 1906 8 $HEETS-SHEET 8.

ATTORNEYS Mmag JOHN C. BARCLAY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Hieronymus-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed October 13, 1906. Serial No. 338,851.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JOHN C. BARCLAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Perforating-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descri tion of the same, such as will enable others s illed in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same; I

My invention relates to improvements in perforating machines, and more particularly to machines of the class employed for perforating or otherwise marking paper strips or ribbons, such for example as those used in the Wheatstone automatic telegraph system and various other automatic and printing telegraph systems. My invention is not limited in its application to the perforating of telegraph strips and I may use it for any purpose for which marking or perforating machines or mechanism such as described are adapted. r

The perforating machine herein illustrated and described is a key-board machine having character keys and levers arranged as in typewriting machines. he objects of my invention are to improve and simplify marking and perforating machines such as are employed in telegraph systems; to make such machines more rapi in action, to improve-the touch and general working ualities of such machines, so that they may be operated without excessive labor on the part of the operator even at high speed; to improve and simplify the marking or punching mechanism, selectingmechanism, and paper feed mechanism, and other sub-mechanisms of machines of this class; to make the connection between the various key levers and the corresponding punching and spacing devices very direct; and generally to make the machine compact, relatively simple, relatively inexpensive tomake, and com aratively noiseless in operation.

T e machine illustrated in the accompanying drawings is ada ted for perforating paper strips or ribbons or the Wheatstone and similar automatic telegraph systems. It may punch said strips according to any desired code, the selecting mechanism being arranged to cause the strip to be fed the proper distance, and to cause the proper arrangement of holes to be punched, for each particular character of the code selected. The mechanismv of this machine. comprises (a) punching mechanism; (1)) paper feed mechanism; (0) key-board comprising finger keys and selecting means operated thereby and controlling appropriate devices of the punching and paper feed mechanisms, wherey at each operation of a finger key, the proper combination is set up to punch this character in the strip, and by which space determining means are operated to regulate the feeding of the paper stri to correspond with the space occupied l y each character so punched; ((1) power mechanism, independent of but controlled by the keys, whereby the actual work of feeding the paper and of punching is performed by a motor, preferably a continuously running motor.

I will now roceed to describe my invention with re erence to the accompanying drawings, in which one form of perforating machine embodying my invention is illustrated, and will then point out the novel features in claims.

In the said drawings: Figure 1 shows atop view of my said perforating machine,- a portion of the cover of the box containing the "paper reel, being broken away; Fig. 2 shows a front elevation of the said machine-parts much in rear of the front being omitted for the sake of clearness of illustration; Fig. 3 is adetail side view of one of the key levers, illustrating the selecting devices carried thereby and engaging the tension wires which control the punching and paper feed mechanisms; Fig. 4 shows a top view of the machine with the key-board and associated parts removed, the punching and paper feed mechanisms being sectioned on the line a .r of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a detail side view of the contact device controlling the restoring magnet of the paper feed mechanism; Fig. 6' shows a face view of the friction clutch or yielding drive through which the paper feed mechanism is driven, andFig. 6" shows a transverse. section of such yielding friction drive device; Fig. 7 showsa. section from front to rear of the machine, showing especially the punching and paper feed mechanisms and operating devlces; Fig. 8 is a detail rear view of the mechanism for restoring the sto pins of the paper feed mechanism; Fig. 9 s ows a portion of the paper strip with one character punched thereon; Fig. 10 shows a detail horizontal section of the mechanism for keeping the paper strip under tension; Fig.- 11 shows an taken from the right of Fig. 1; fig. 12 isa detail side View of the principal'portion of the paper feed and spacing mechanism; Fig.

12 is atop view of the same; Fig. 13 shows in detail one of the pivotedlevers operated by tension wires, by which the pushers which set up the stop pins by which the length of feed is determined, are operated; Fig. 14 shows a detail elevation and partial section of the punching mechanism on.a scale larger 5 than. that of Fig. 2; Fig. shows a top view of the transmission mechanism by which the cam shaft of the punching mechanism and the driving shaftof the aper feed mechanism, are driven Fig. 16 s rows a detail elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 15; Fig. 16"

, of the punches and associated parts, Fig. 18

showing a top view of all the punches, Fig. 19 a top view with the upper row of punches removed, Fig. 20 a top View with both the to and the middle row of inches remove Fig. 21 showing a section on the line 2121 of Fig. 18, Fig. 22 showing asection on the line 2222 of Fig. 118, and Fig. 23 showing a neath the key-board.

transverse section. on the line 2323 of Fig. 18.

' In said drawings, 1 designates generally a key-board, 2 designates generally apunchin r mechanism, 3 designates generally paper fee and. spacing mechanism, 4 designates a driv ing motor, and 5 designates generally transmission mechanism. The key-board comrises finger keys 6 and corresponding key evers 7, each operating, through selecting devices hereinafter described, certain of two series of tension wires, 8 and 9, located be- Each wire 8, when depressed by a key-lever, effects the operation of a corresponding punch. Each wire 9,

y when depressed by a finger key, effects the adjustment of a stop pin of the paper feed and spacing mechanism, whereby the distance the'paper strip is to be fed is regulated.

For depressin the appropriate tension wires of senes'S an( -9, each key lever is provided with one or more forks 10 (Figs. 3 and 7) 10- cated over the particular wires of series 8 'which't-hat lever is to operate, and is further provided with 'a-silnilar fork 11 located over the particular wire of series 9 which that lever is to operate. Beneath the key-levers,-

and extendingtransverselyacross the keyboard, is a universal bar12' carried by arms 13 mounted upon a shaft 14, and thls un1verbar normally held u ward by sprin s 15 e Flaps. 1 and, 7). W 1en any one o the e evation oft e machine I this machine.

finger keys is depressed and this universal bar is depressed, rotating' shaft 14, means versal bar 12, when returned by its spring 15,

causes an arm 17 (Fig. 5) mounted on shaft 14 to close contact between its contact spring 18 and adjustable contact screw 19, thereby closing the circuit of the restoring magnet of the paper feed mechanism.

The paper strip 21 passes from a reel 20, around suitable guide rollers 22 and between tension rollers 23 and 24, through the punch ing mechanism 2, around the feed wheel of the paper feed mechanism 3, and thence through a paper guide 25 to the left hand side of the machine; ing open (see Fig. 2) the punched strip passes in complete view of the'operator," who can thus read it at-any time and so be advised'of 'mistakes in punching.

I Par aching mechanism. (See particularly Figs. 1, 2, 11, 14, 17 and 17.)The unching mechanism comprises a plura ity of I punches arranged in three-horizontal series,

26, 27 and 28, located one above another, and slidably mounted in a punch frame 29,, in front of which is a die plate 30. The paper strip 21 passes through a slot between the front of frame 29' and said die plate. The middle row of punches, 27, punch in the paper strip, '(see Fig. 9) a series of small holes designed to be engaged by the feed wheel of vVheatstone and similar automatic transmitters. These holes therefore form no part of the particular character punched, but are merely required foroonvenience in feeding the paper strip through the perforating machine and through said transmitter. It is. preferable that said middle row of holes be punched at the time that the holes making up the character to be marked on said strips are punched, so as to insure exact correspondence between these holes which determine the characters, and the holeswhich detel-mine the feeding of the paper strip. Hence the employment of three seriesof punchesin To actuate these punches, two series of fingers, 31 and 32, are rovided series 31 being arranged in front of series 32 and to be driven forward therebyg Each such finger 3101 32, is mounted'upon' a separate bell crank 33,- to which is connected a corresponding tension wire of series 8'.

Springs 34 tend to hold bell cranks 33 up, in the osition'shownin Fig. 14. Each finger 31 of thefront series, has a' head 35 adapted to actuate the opposite punch of the lower series 28, said head being above such punch,

and therefore out of operative positionwith respect thereto, at all times, except when the The front of this guide becorresponding bell crank 33 carrying that finger is depressed; depression of an one of the bell cranks 33 which carry the front series has, in like manner, a head 36 adapted to wire of series 8 is actuated rear fingers 32 is furtherprovided with a secactuate a corresponding punch. of the upper series 26, but normally out of line with such punch, and adapted to be drawn into line therewith by depression of the corresponding bell crank 33; which bell crank will be depressed when the corresponding tension and each of these 0nd head 37 adapted to actuate that finger of series 31 which is directly in front. A universal bar 38 carried by pivoted arms 39 and normally held backward by a spring 40, returns both series of fingers. A driving arm 41 pivoted at 42 and actuated by a cam 43 on a shaft 44, drives forward all of said fingers each time said cam rotates; but although all of the fingers are thus driven forward, only those fingers actuate punches which have been depressed by their tension wires and so brought into line with their respective punches. It will be seen, therefore, that by proper selection of tension wires 8, any desired combination of upper and lower punches, or any punch or punches of either series, may be selected and operated.

The punches of series 28 are provided with lugs 45 (Figs. 1723 incl.) projecting up between the corresponding punches of series 27 and each engaging a lug 46 of the middle-row punch immediately above it and also a corresponding lug 46 of the punch 27 next beyond. The punches of the upper series, 26, each carry a lug 48 engaging a lug 46 of the punches 27 beneath. The middle-row punches are arranged in pairs, (with one additional punch to the right, in Figs. 1822 incl.) the left-hand punch of each such pair (as viewed in Figs. 18.22 incl.) having a lug 46 secured to it, the right-hand punch of such pair passing freely through a hole in such lug 46, but having itself a lug 46? which said lug 46 engages. The construc tion is such thatwhen any punch 26 moves forward, its lug 48 engagesthe lug 46 of the pair of middle-row punches beneath,'lug 46 in turn engaging lug 46 and both of said middle-row punch-es being carried forward; and that when any punch 28 moves forward, its lug 45, engaging the lug 46 of the punch 27 above and engaging also the lug 46 of the punch 27 next beyond, moves both forward.

The punches are caused to operate in this manner, tocorrespond with the conditions of the telegraphic code according to which the holes are to be punched, space being required between the perforations.

To return the several punches, after the driver 41 and fingers 31 and 32 have been retracted, springs are provided. The several punches 27 of the middle row have each its individual return-spring, 47. For returning the upper-row punches, 26, I provide a pivoted universal bar, 49, engaging all of the lugs 48 of the upper-row punches, andhnv; ing a bell-crank extension 50, to which is connected a spring 51. For returning the lower-row punches, 28, I provide same with lugs 52. like lugs 48 but projecting downward, and engaging a universal bar 53 actuated by a returning spring 54.

Cam shaft 44 by which the driver 41 is operated, revolves intermittently, being driven from the motor 4 through a clutch (Figs. 1, 11 and 15). Said clutch comprises two jaw members, one, 56, driven by gear wheel 57 from the main driving shaft or armature shaft of the motor; the-other jaw member, 58, being mounted to slide on shaft 44 and having a spring 58 tending to press it into engagement with member 56. A stop 59 (Figs. 1, 15 and 16) pivoted at 60, (Figs. .15 and 16) normally engages a lug 62 carried by this clutch member 58, and both preventsrotation of said clutch member 58 and holds it out of engagement with clutch member 56. But when universal bar 12 is depressed upon the depression of a finger key, and causes shaft 14 to rotate,an arm 63 on said shaft operating through rod 64, moves downward a trip 65 (Fig. 16), mounted to move vertically as shown in said figure, thus freeing stop 60 from lug 62, and permitting clutch member 58 to be forced by spring 58 into engagement with clutch member 56, thereby causing shaft 44 to revolve. As trip 65 moves downward, a lug 66 engaging its cam surface 67, forces said trip to the h it of Fig. 16 against the pressure of sprin 68 on rod 64, so that said trip is caused to re ease the stop 59, which. is at once pulled down by its 'spring 61 in position to engage lug 62 again upon the com letion of one revolution of shaft 44. In t is path of rotation of lug 62 is a spiral throw-out cam 69, which, near the conclusion. of one revolution of the lug 62, engages the same and forces it gradually away from clutch member 56, thus opening the clutch, and at the conclusion of one revolution lug 62 jumps from the end of the cam 69 into engagement with stop 59, and is thereby held. The construction of the parts issuch, it will be'seen, that for each depression' of a finger keyonly one revolution of cam shaft 44 can occur:

Clutch member 58-is mounted to slide upon the shaft 44, but is not directly keyed thereto. Instead, a disk 70 forming a backin for spring 58 is secured to shaft 44, and clutch member 58 has a projection? 1 (Fig. 15) passing through a holein said disk 70 and engaging a notch 72 in a collar 73 on shaft 44. From' the above, the construction and 1s particularly intended to be maximum distance eac 7 distance required for the second series of tension wires, 9, an

' corresponding character.

tension wire of series 9 which corresponds to 'thespace'on the paper strip occupied by the There may be as .many of these tension wires, each correspon-dingto a different length of feed of the H the punching wheel74 (Figs-1, 11, 12

code'which 'prefer to employ.

paperstrip, as desired. 1 have shownsix such wires, which gives asufficient number of different len ths of feedfor the articular %or other codes, as for example the ordinary Wheatj stone code, I may provide more such wires and devices operated thereby.

The paper strip 21, after passingl through head 29, passes around a feed and 17) provided with teeth 75 adapted to enter the middle series of perforations in the paper strip 21,

, and so to insure uniform feeding of said paper y justed. Above wheel 74 is strip by reventing slip ing. This wheel carries a arge number 0. stop pins 76, arranged in a circle near the periphery of the wheel, and adapted to slide vertically in said wheel. Each such pin is surrounded by a spiral-spring 77, the only purpose of which is to act as a friction brake or drag thereon to hold said pin against gravity or vibration in any'position-in which the pin may be ada plate 78 in which isa notch 79' (Fig 12) of a width corresponding to, or greater than, the maximum length of feed required for any one character of the paper strip. Above this plate 78 thereis, in turn, another plate 80 in which, and in the frame plate 81 above, there is a narrower notch 82 (Figs. 1' and 12) inzregistry-with the end portion "of notch 79. The

I feed 'drum or wheel 74 isarranged to be rotated intermittently by means to be described'hereinafter, and prior to the beginning of such rotation, one of the stoppins 76 ismoved upward-byone of the six ushers 83 (Fig. 12), each corresponding to, an arranged to be operated by, a corresponding one of the series* of tension wires 9, as hereinafter described, that articular pin 76 being pushed up, which will the proper distance by'the time the-upper end of-such pin 7 6-engages the limiting shoulder 84 of slot 79. When the pin so raised encounters said shoulder 84, the feed wheel 74 romesto rest, To restore the pins 76 tofirst.

which jaw clutch 55 of the I I but controlled by a finger key 99, said clutch permit the wheel 74 to rotate sea-41a position I rotate somewhat, and normally held to the right of Figs. 8 and 12 by a spring 87. The end of this arm 85 just clears shoulder 84, as shown. in Fig. 12, but engages any pin 76'which has been elevated; such pin, when brought to rest by shoulder 84, beinghalf in engagement with said shoulder, and half inengagement with arm 85.

have previously explained that when any one of the finger keys 6 is depressed, the clutch 54 which drives shaft 44 is closed and said shaft begins to rotate. Shaft 44 carries a cam 88 arranged to actuate a follower 89 which, when raised by the cam, raises rod 86 against the tension 'of its spring 94. Said rod is held in its elevated position by a detent 92 engaging a shoulder 93 on said rod; the said detent being carried by the armature 91' of a release magnet the circuit of which magnet is controlled by the contact device 18--19 operated by the universal shaft 14 of the key board. When a fin er key 6 is depressed, selecting a particular combination of punches corresponding to the code character of that key, and raising corresponding stop pushers 83 so as to raise one of the stops 76, and closing clutch 54 and so causing shaft 44 to revolve, arm 85-is raised by the action of cam 88, follower 89 and rod 86, and as soon'as said arm 85 clears the-top of the stop pin 76 then in engagement with shoulder 84, said arm springs over the top of such pin 76, rod 86 being held in such elevated position by the detent lever 92. When the said finger key 6 is released and contact is closed between 18 and 19, release magnet 90'is energized, detent 92 is pulled back, rod 86 is forced' down by its spring 94,

,carrying with it the restoring arm 85, and

the pin 7 6, which has been holding the wheel rovide an arm 85 carried by a-vertically slic able rod 86, but arranged also to 74 stationary, is depressed to normal position by said arm 85, wheel 74 then rotating until the other pin 76 just previously raised encounters shoulder 84.

Paper feed wheel 74 is rotated by a shaft 95 (Figs. 2, 4-, 7, 11, 12, 14, and 17) driven by gearing 96 and a shaft 97 which shaft is driven through a jaw clutch. 98 (Fig. 17) like punching mechanism,

being normally closed; and said clutch in turn is driven by a disk 1 00 (Figs. 1,, 4, 6, 7, 15, 1.6 and 17) frictionally drivenfroma gear wheel 1.01 concentric therewith, and driven by gearing 57 from the main driving shaft of the motor 4. Disk 100 has a hub, as shown in Figs. 6 and 6, carrying a spiral spring 102 mounted withina flange, 103' of gear wheel" 101, and carrying, a friction cushion 104- pressing against said flange. The construca tion is such that "as-gear wheel 101 revolves, the'friction of its flange 103 against cushion. 104. tends. to drive disklOO and willldrive said disk, if motion ofthe feed wheel be not arrested. The friction drive formed by flange 103 and cushion 104 and spring 102, permits motion of the feed wheel 74 to be arrested instantly, by the encounter of a stop in 76 with sto said eed wheel to egin to rotate instantly when such stop pin 76 is knocked down clear. of shoulder 84, as previously described.

The pushers 83, which set up thevarious pins 79, are op{.rated from thetension wires 9 by bell cran levers 105 (Fig. 13). When one of said tension wires is depressed by a finger key, the corresponding bell crank 105 and pusher 83, are elevated, driving up one of pins 76.

To facilitate the introduction of the paper strip 21 through the paper feed mechanism I have provided the clutch 98, which when opened, permits the feed wheel 74 to be turned freely in either direction; and to operate said clutch I have provided a finger key 99, and a spring 107 engaging the same and tending to the open position of the clutch. To prevent unwinding of the spring 102 when. the clutch 98 is opened, said key 99 is arranged to thrust a locking pin 108 into one of a series of holes 109 in the rim of disk 100.

To keep the paper strip taut at all times while passing through the punching head and paper feed mechanism, I employ the friction wheels 23 and 24, above mentioned. One of these, 23, is positively driven, by a shaft 110, through a friction drive 111, but in a direction opposite to that of travel of the paper strip past it; the other wheel is a springressed idler.

Operationr lhe operation of the machine is as follows: The paper strip having been fed into the machine from reel 20 by passing it; around the various idlers 22, through the punch head 29 and around the feed wheel74 (the clutch 98 being open) and thence through the paper guide 25, and said clutch 98 having then been closed, when one of the finger keys 6 is depressed, certain of the tension wires 8 are depressed, thereby depressing the corresponding punch-actuating fin gers of series 31, or series 32, or of both said series, into position to operate their corresponding punches, and at the same time arm 63 on universal shaft 14 draws trip 65 down, raising stop 59 clear of lug 62 of clutch 55, thus permitting said clutch to close. Gearing 57 being in rotation, shaft 44 immediately begins to revolve and cam 43 operates driver 41, moving all of the punch actuating fingers of both series forward, and thus fingers which have bcendrawn down by their corres 'ionding' tension wires engage an drive forward the corresponding punches, driving them through the paper strip 21. The corresponding punches of the middle .5 row 27 are carried forward with the punches shoulder 84, and causes old it in either the closed or tance corresponding fore the circuit of magnet 90 of rows 26 and 28, thus punching the feed holes in the strip. The lug 62 of the punch mechanism clutch, encounters the opening cam 69, and is forced back thereby so as to open the clutch, said lug 62 springing, at the conclusion of its movement, from cam 69 into engagement with stop 59 and thus arresting the motion of shaft 44. As soon as the end of the driver 41 reaches the drop on cam 43 it retreats, being forced backward by the punch actuating fingers 31 and 32, which in turn are drawn backward by the universal bar 38 and spring 40. All of this occurs very quickly, shaft 44 being rotated at relatively high speed, and occurs before the o erators finger can leave the finger key w vich has been depressed. hen said finger key is released and allowed to rise, the contact device 18 and 19 (Fig. 5) of the circuit of restoring magnet 90 is closed, causing-said magnet to free the trip 92 (Fig. 8), arm 85 then descending and knocking down the stop pin 76 of the wheel 74 then in en agement with shoulder 84, thus permitting t e feed wheel to revolve and feed the paper strip 21 onward. When said finger key was first depressed it actuated one of wires 9 as well ascertain of wires 8, and said wire, when depressed, raised a corresponding pusher 83, pushing up the appropriate stop pin 76. As feed wheel 74 now rotates, this second stop pin 76, encounters shoulder 84 a ain arresting the feed wheel, the paper strip aving been fed a dis to the space occupied by the character just punched in the paper stri Iii a machine of this sort, designed to be operated at high speed and to be operated continuously for hours at a time, it is of the utmost importance that the touch and other qualities of the action of the machine which affect the rapidity of o eration and the comfort of the operator, sha l he the best possible. In particular, the touch must be light, the response to the depression of the keys mustbeinstantaneous, and the punching must be performed with exceeding rapidity, so that no matter how fleet ng the duration of thepressure on the finger key, the punching shall have been completed beis closed. It is highly important therefore, that the parts actuated mechanically by the finger reys, shall be few, light, capable of rapid motion, and requiring very small movements and very little power to operate them. These conditions are fulfilled in the mechanism illustrated and described. The detent device operated by the universal bar 12 and comprising the trip 65'and stop 59, is exceedingly sensitive, requiring only very slight pressure and movement of the trip, through a very short distance to release the clutch and permit the same to close. Aside from operating this trip, and the universal bar 12,

the finger keys have only to lower the correbs onding punch actuating fingers 31 and 32 I one of the t mougha ver short distance, and to raise us anism. A of quire to be movedthrough a very small-dis tance by the finger keys, and are capable of very rapidly with a very smallv expenditure of being moved power. The :parts to 'be moved by the finger keys being so light, and the distance throughwhich they are to be moved'being so small, and there being very littleresistance to their movement, it is possibleto payparticular attention to the touch of the machine, to make the range of movement of all of the finger keys practically the same, and the resistance to the movement of I such keys nearly the same, to make the touch for the same purpose very light, and in eneral to embody in the machine those qua ities of operation which make it ossible to operate the machine .constantly or long e'riods of time at a high rate of s eed and 't relatively little fatigue.

-T e. punching mechanism, paper feed mechanism and certain other parts of this machine, embody features of the machineillustrated and described in my application for-Letters Patent led 2nd, 1906, Serial Number 314,764,

i of the die 30. I I intend the term punches as used in.

this machine the machine shown in that application.

For carrying away the chips or punches, I have provided a chute arrangement in front the following claims, to be generic to any device adapted "to be actuated in the manner described for marking like.

What I claim is I 1. A machine of the class described, com prising in combination a series of punches, actuating fingers therefor corresponding in number to said punches and movable into and out-of operative position with'respect' thereto, separate pivoted carriers for and adapted to move said fingers, a driver for said fingers, a plurality of character bars, and

versely with respect to said character members and arranged to be actuated selectively,

thereby and mechanically connected to said carriers, each suchcarrier movable in sub- 1satan'tially the plane of its said selecting memer. v v r 2'. A machine of tlie'class described .com-

prising in combination a-punch-head; unches' ther'e1n, a keyboard comprising 0 aracter levers,,"selecting members arranged beneath and transversely with. respect to said character=levers and arranged to be actuated selectively thereby, punch actuating fingers, a driver therefor, and carriers for said fingers movable in-a direction transverse to the di ers -83-of,the paper feed mechthese parts are very light, ref 'riers therefor, one armof being an improvement upon a paper strip or the selecting members arranged trans rection of motion of said punches and a1 ranged tobe so moved by said selecting members.

3. A machine of. the

therein, akeyboard comp-rising c aracter levers, selectinr members arranged beneath class described-toinpris ng 1n combination apunch head, unches and transversely with respect to saidcharacter levers and arranged to be actuated selectively thereby, upright punch-actuating fingers, pivoted bell-crank carriers therefor, one arm ofeach .beILcrank movable in a direction transverse to the direction of motion of said punches, the other connected to a corres onding' one of said selecting members, .an

a driver for-said fingers. 4. A machine of the class described comprising in combination a punch-head, punches therein, a keyboard arranged on a relatively 1 :7

lower level andcomprising character levers,

selecting members arranged beneath and transversely with respect to said character levers, and arranged to be actuated selectively thereby, upwardly-projecting punchactuating fingers, pivoted bell-crank careach bell-crank carrying the corresponding finger and the other arm connected to the cones onding selecting member, and a driverti fingers.

5. A machineof the class described comor said prising in combination apunchhead, punches I therein, a series of carriersmovable in a dithe direction of motion.

rection transverse to of said punches. punch-actuating' "fingers mounted on said carriers, fingers,

hers and selecting mechanism controlled a. driver for said a cam therefor, driving means for said cam, and a plurality of character: memthereby .and controlling said carriers,- said 5 driving means also-controlled by said char-- acter members. 4

6. A machine of the class described comprising in combination a punch-head, punches therein, a series ofcarriers movable in a direotion transverse to the dlrection of motlon.

of said punches, 'punchectixating fingers.

mounted on said carriers, a driver for said fingers, a cam therefor; driving means for. said cam, a plurality of character members,; selecting mechanism mechanically controlled, -and'operated thereby and mechanically con:

nected to and operating-saidEcarriers, and means operated by the operation of said character members for controlling the op eration of said driving means.

*7. A machine of ,theclass described com prising in combination a series; ofpunches, arranged in two series, two series of actu said fingers corresponding n atin fingers, nur'n er to .said punches, the fingers of one series adapted also toactuatethe fingers o f P the other series, said fingers allmovable into i and out of operativeypositionwith respect seams to their respective punches, separate carriers for said fingers adapted to so move them, and a driver for said fingers.

8. A machine of the class described comprising in combination a series of punches,

crating said carriers.

9. A machine of the class described comprising in combination a series of punches,

arranged in two series, two series of actuating fingers, said fingers corresponding in number to said punches,'the fingers of one series adapted also to actuate the fingers of the other series, said fingers all movable into and out of operative position with respect to their respective punches, separate carriers frr said fingers adapted to so move them, a driver for said fingers, and selecting means comprising a keyboard having finger Keys for operating said carriers.

10. A machine of the class described, comprising in combination a plurality of punches arranged in two series, two corresponding series of actuating fingers pivotally mounted, one behind the other, means for mov ng one of said series of fingers together in a body and through that series the other as well, to operate said punches, and means for moving said fingers into and out of operative position with respect to their corresponding punches, comprising a plurality of character members and selecting means operated thereby.

11. A machine of the class described comprising in combination a series of punches, actuatingfingers therefor corresponding in number to said punches, and separate carriers for said fingers, adapted to move same into and out of operative position withrespect to their res ective punches, said fingers normally out 0 such operative position, selecting means for selecting and actuatin appropriate carriers, comprising a keyboar having fingerv keys, tension wires arranged transversely across said finger keys and connected mechanically to said carriers, said keys arranged to operate said wires selectively and mechanically, and a driver for said fingers.

12. A machine of theolass described comprising in combination punches arranged in two series, the two corresponding series of actuating fingers, one arranged in rear of the other with the fingers of one series in position to be advanced by the corresponding fingers of the other series, -means for moving any finger or fingers of either or both series into or out of operative position with respect to the corresponding punch or punches, and the driver for said fingers.

13. A erforating machine comprising in combination punches arran ed in two series, two corresponding series of eaded actuating fingers, one series of such fingers comprising also heads for operating corresponding gers of the other series, means for moving any finger or fingers of either or both series into or out of operative position with respect to the corresponding punch or punches, and the driver for said fingers.

14. A machine of the class described comprising in combination a plurality of character' members, punching" mechanism cornprising a plurality of (punches, punch-operatmg fin ers correspon ing to said punches and movab e to o crate the same: and also move able into an out of operative osition with respect thereto, carriers for sai fingers, pivoted thereto, means for actuating said fingers to actuate said punches comprising a clutch controlled by said character members, and means for moving said fingers into and out of operative position with respect to their corresponding punches, comprising selecting means operated by said character members and connected to said carriers.

i 15. A machine of the class described com of punches, a-

prising in combination a series series of corresponding punch-actuating'fingers, a series of carriers to which said fingers are connected, tension wires connected to said carriers, finger keys having means for op-. erating selected ones of said tension wires, and a driver for said fingers.

16. A machine of the class described comprising in combination punching mechanism, finger keys and means controlled thereby controlling said punching mechanism, feed mechanism comprising a rotary feeding member, stops carried thereby, a series of pushers therefor arr'angedsubstantiallyin line with said stops, operating meansfor each of said pushers com rising pivoted levers, tension wires secure thereto and extending transverselyacross said keys, each such key provided with means for operating mechanically a corresponding one of said wires, and means for restoring said stops.

17. 1n' a machine-of the class described, feeding mechanism com rising in combination a rotary carrier, adjustable stops car riedfthereby, means controllable by finger keys for setting up said stops, means for engaging said stops to arrest the carrierpa restoring member, spring actuated in one direction, power mechanism for actuating same in the opposite direction, and a detent for holding and releasing said member.

18. In a machine of the class described, feeding mechanism com rising in combination a rotary carrier, a ustable stops carried thereby, means m u n; finger 1 y Setting p said stops, means for en- 7 in one direction, power driven means for actu' inc), prism usjtable stops carried thereby, means on gaging said stops to. arrest the carrier, a re-- stor ng member, spring-actuated no one di-' IGCtlOil, power mechanism for actuating same 1n the opposite direction, and a magnet and detent mechanism operated thereby for .holding and releasing said member.

19. 'A machine of the class described comprising inlc'ombination unching mechanism, power mechanism for riving'the same, finkeys for releasingsaid power mechanism l controlling the o eration of said punchhanism, fee ing "mechanism com" g power driven feed member, ad-

trolled by said finger keys for setting up said stops, a restoring member, spring actuated ating same-in the opposite direction, a detent for holding said restoring member in set osition, and means actuated by said finger eys' for releasing said detent. 4

; A machine of the class described comprising in combination unchin'g mechanism,

power mechanism for riving the same, iinger-keys for releasing said power mechanism and controlling the operation of saifliyrinching mechanism, feeding mechanism comprising a power driven feed member, adjustable stops carried thereby, means controlled by .saidffingei' keys forsetting up said'stops, a

restoring member, spring actuated in one. di-

- rection, power driven means for actuating same in the opposite direction, a detent for "holding said. restoring member in set-position,

a magnet for releasin tact means controlled trolling said magnet. I I

' 21. A machine .of the class described comprising in combination a keyboard, driving mechanism, punching mechanism and feed said detent, and conby said keys for conmechanism arranged to be driven thereby,

and located .at the side of said keyboard, selecting controlling mechanism for said punching and feeding mechanisms, including actuparts of said punching and-feeding mechan-- a'ting devices mechanically connected to isms extending transversely across the key board-1 andarranged to be operated selecltively by the keys thereof, said punching mechanism com-prising a plurality of punchactuating fingers adapted to moveinto and out'bfoperativc plosition with respect to 'cor responding punc es, and a driver for said fingers. i

mechanism, punching mechanism and feed mechanism arranged to be driven thereby, and located-at the side of said keyboard, sald feed mechanism comprisinga power driven feeding member having adjustable stops,

and push. bars for adjusting said stops arits ranged'substantially in line therewith, and

ing devices.

- 2. A machine'of the class described comprising in combinationa keyboard, driving selecting controlling mechanism for said punching and feeding mechanisms, including actuating devices extending transversely across the keyboard and arranged to be 0p- .erated. selectively the keys thereof, and

mechanically connected to. parts of-said punchingmechanism and to said push bars of said feed mechanism.

' 23". A machine of the'class described comprising incombination a keyboard, driving mechanism, punching mechanism, feeding mechanism located at the side of said key.-..

24; Amachine of the class described coinprising in combination a keyboard, driving mechanism, and .punchin ranged to be driven "by said power mechanism, and comprising punches, punchoperah ing fingers, pivoted levers carrying the same,

mechanism 10 'cated at one. side of-said eyboard and arand a driver, and controlling means for said punchingmechanism including selecting means. comprising operatmg members arranged transversely bf said keyboard and se- 1 lectively operated by the keys thereof, and connected to said pivoted levers.

25. A-.machine of the class described comprising in combination a keyboard, a main driving shaft, punching mechanism and feeding mechanism, and separate driving shafts therefor, and means operatively connectingsaid shafts to said main driving shaft,

such connectingmeans of the punch mechanism shaft comprising a clutch controlled by fingerke'ys of the keyboard, such driving mechanism of the feed mechanism shaft comprising yielding driving means,- within a gear wheel of said, driving mechanism.

'26.,A machine of the class described comprising in combination a keyboard, a main driving shaft, punching mechanism and feeding mechanism, and separate driving shafts therefor, and means operatively connecting'said shafts to said main driving shaft, such connectingmeans ofthe punch mechanism shaft comprising a clutch controlled.

by finger keys of theykeyboard, such driving 'mechanism of the feed mechanism' shaft I comprising a friction drive .within a gear wheelof-said dI'lVIIlg mechanism.

prising in combination a keyboard, a main driving shaft, punching m chanism and, feeding mechanism, and separate driving shafts therefor, and means op'eratively con- 27 A machine. of theclass described come" shafts for said punching engaging said said gear wheel, such necting said shafts to said main driving shaft, such connecting me ans of the punch mechanism shaft com rising a clutch controlled by finger keys of the keyboard, such driving mechanism of the feed mechanism shaft comprising yielding driving means within a gear wheel of said driving means, a clutch, and means which looks said yielding driving means when said clutch is open. 28. A machine of the class described comprising in combination punching mechanism and feeding mechanism, a main driving shaft, a gear driven thereby, separate driving mechanism and feedingmechanism on opposite sides of said gear, and means for driving said shafts from driving means for the feed mechanism shaft comprisin two members, a wheel and a locking dis one such member provided with a friction ring, and. the other with a spring actuated friction device ring, a clutch interposed between said locking disk and the feedin mechanism, and locking means actuated lphin the opening of said clutch, to lock said 29. A machine of the class described comprising in combination feeding mechanism, punching mechanism, pa er guidin means for guiding a paper strip t ough sai punching mechanism and feed mechanism successively, and positively driven retarding means frictionally engaging said strip in rear of said punching mechanism and tending to draw said strip back.

30. A machine of the class described, com prising in combination a plurality of character members, punching mechanism, a power member, means for transmitting power therefrom'to-said punching mechanism comprising a clutch mcluding means tending normally to close it, a detent normally holding said clutch open, a universal bar actuated by said character members, a trip actuated by said bar for actuating said detent, and means for disengaging said trip from the dei tent after each operation of the detent by said trip. 4

31. A machine of the class described comrising in combination punching and paper eed mechanism, character members and means operated thereby controlling said mechanisms, apower member and means operated thereby for transmitting motion to mechanism of said machine comprising an automatically closing clutch, a pivoted detent normally holding said clutch open, universal member actuated by the several 32. A'machine of the class described comrising in combination punching and paper feed mechanism, character members and means operated thereby controlling said mechanisms, a power member and means operated thereby for transmitting motion to mechanism of said machine comprising an automatically closing clutch, a pivoted detent normally holding said clutch open, a universal member actuated by the several character members and means actuated thereby for operating said detent to release the clutch comprising a in the direction of movement of said detent and normally engaging said detent, and provided with a cam surface for throwing said trip outof engagement with said detent, and means engaging such cam surface for such purpose.

33, A machine of the class described comprising in combination two rows of punches, means for actuating independently the punches of one of said rows, each punch of such row provided with means engaging a corresponding punch of the other row, and also a punch of such row next beyond, whereby any punch of the first row when operated operates two punches of the second row, said second row punches arranged in pairs, one punch of each such pair provided with means engaging the other punch of such pair to cause them to move together, such second punch of each pair nevertheless free to move independently, a third row of .punches and means for actuating same, the

several punches of such third row each provided with means engaging corresponding punches of the second row to cause same to operate therewith, and means for supporting and guiding said. punches.

34. A machine of the'class described comprising in combination a plurality of punches arranged in three paral el and superposed rows, the middle row of unches arrangedin pairs and provided with engaging means whereby one punch ofsuch pair when operated carries with it the'other punch of such pair, such second punch of each such pair nevertheless free to move independently,

each punch of one of the outside rows pro vided with means engaging the pair 0 punches next beneath and causing both such punches to operate, each punch of the other outside series provided with means engaging the middle row punch next above and the 1 middle row punch next beyond, whereby a both such middle row punches are operated each time the punch so engaging is operated,

character members and means actuated supporting and guiding means for said rows thereby for operating said detent to release 1 the clutch comprising a sliding trip movable in the direction of movement of said detent and normally engaging said detent, and 1 means for disengaging such trip from tent during such movement of the former.

of punches and means for actuating the punches of the two outside rows.

35. A machine of the class described comprising in combination a plurality of punches a dearranged in three parallel superposed rows, means for supporting and guiding said sliding trip movable risin in combination a arranged in three parallel superposed. rows,

means for supporting and guiding said punches, operating means for the two outside rows, the punches of said rows provided with means for o crating corresponding punches of the ini' turning the punchesof the two outside rows, spring actuated. mally engaging all of such unches and returning neans for the mid e row punches.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

in the presence of two Witnesses. I

JoHN .o. BARCLAY. Witnesses:

B. STEIN, G. A. VAN BRUNT.

dle row, means for rs- 15 pivoted universal bars nor- 

